At the fifth game, Wang played Park Jiyeon. Park got a nice position at the upper board. However, Wang broke into the upper right corner after a ko fight at E14. Black couldn't find a place to reverse the position afterward.

At the next game, Wang played Yashiro Kumiko from Japan. Wang played black this time and she got a nice position since the beginning. The game was already decided on black 167 when Wang captured Yashiro's group at the right side.

At the last round of stage 1, Wang played Kim Hyeoyimin of Korea. Kim who played white stacked a big territory at the upper board. However, Wang's position at the bottom board was thick. Kim tried to invade at move 52, but the invasion didn't turn out well and the invading group was killed. Black later found black 131 and things went downhill for white afterward.

With this, Japan is down to their last 2 players, Mannami Nao and Xie Yimin. Korea is down to Park Jieun. While China is still perfect. Wang will play Mannami Nao at the beginning of the second stage. Can either Japan or Korea stop China?